Op 2004-12-15, Fredrik Lundh schreef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:sorry, but I don't understand your reply at all. are you saying that dictionaries could support mutable keys (e.g lists) by making a copy of the key? how would such a dictionary pick up changes to the original key object? (I'm talking about the key stored in the dictionary, not the key you're using to look things up).
You want to mutate a key that is within a dictionary?
No, we don't want to mutate it; as far as I know, that is exactly the reason why dictionaries don't support mutable keys.
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